Monthly Archives: April 2008

TiVo And Slingbox Are Changing The TV Landscape

Posted on Monday, April 7, 2008 by MegaZone

Jason Fry of the Wall Street Journal has taken a look at how time-shifting via TiVo and place-shifting via Slingbox are changing the TV landscape and the social aspect of TV viewing. “Today my TV is not your TV, and … Continue reading →

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HD Radio Begins iTunes Tagging

Posted on Monday, April 7, 2008 by MegaZone

As iTunes, and the iPod, continue to dominate the music market, and satellite radio is growing, terrestrial radio is looking for ways to remain relevant and maintain their audience – and revenue. A major push as been to ‘HD Radio’, … Continue reading →

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After-Market Add-Ons For Your Slingbox Add Functionality

Posted on Saturday, April 5, 2008 by MegaZone

It seems that for every gizmo and gadget that is released these days a community of hackers and after-market vendors springs up to offer add-ons to power users and geeks to soup them up. Of course, most people are familiar … Continue reading →

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Worth1000 Fake Vintage TiVo Ads

Posted on Saturday, April 5, 2008 by MegaZone

Worth1000 is holding a contest wherein users create vintage ads for modern products, or modern ads for vintage products, and two of the entries are vintage ads for TiVo. Life Before Betamax and Television Recorder. I quite like the first … Continue reading →

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Blu-ray Gains Ground While HD DVD Fades Away

Posted on Saturday, April 5, 2008 by MegaZone

This week’s Nielsen VideoScan numbers from Home Media Magazine show that, for the week ended 3/30, HD DVD faded to 16% of the high-def market, with Blu-ray at 84%. That puts them at 67/33 since inception. But more interesting is … Continue reading →

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